Beauty Rewind: The Top 5 Sexiest Vampires*

With Twilight (starring the lovely Kristen Stewart) cleaning up at the box office, and True Blood earning a number of Golden Globe nods, vampires have been and continue to be on the brain. So, I thought there was no better time to take a look back at my top five favorite big screen bloodsuckers.

Kirsten Dunst as Claudia in Interview with the Vampire The child vampiress may have looked, with those perfect blonde curlicues, like a living doll, but she had a major taste for blood. Her two dads? Brad Pitt and Tom Cruise.

Winona Ryder as Mina Murray in Dracula With her pale-as-snow skin and ebony locks, it was easy to see why Dracula would find Winona’s character irresistible.

Aaliyah as Queen Akasha in Queen of the Damned The late singer Aaliyah donned blue contacts, over-the-top Cleopatra-style hair and makeup, and, naturally, fangs, for her role as the insatiable Queen.

Salma Hayek as Santanico Pandemonium in From Dusk till Dawn Salma, as the drop dead gorgeous, scantily clad “mistress of the macabre,” made Britney’s famous snake dance look positively PG.

Catherine Deneuve as Miriam in The Hunger Don’t be fooled by Deneuve’s immaculate appearance—smoky eyes, red lips, and a perfect updo with not a hair out of place—this woman is blood-thirsty. And yes, that is David Bowie in the background.

What do you think of my top five? Do you agree? Any other vampire ladies to add?

*Ok so maybe "sexiest" isn't the best word (since Kirsten Dunst was pretty young in IWAV) but these lovely ladies are definitely alluring.